Davis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN MICHAEL BEAMES, Case No. 1:10-cv-01429-DAD

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ON PETITIONER’S MOTION TO VACATE

RON DAVIS, Warden of California State Prison FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS at San Quentin, AND DISMISS PETITION AS MOOT 14 Respondent. (ECF No. 236)

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE TO

OBJECT 17 Petitioner John Michael Beames was convicted and sentenced to death in Tulare County Superior Court on October 11, 1995. The judgment of conviction and sentence was affirmed by the California Supreme Court on March 22, 2007. Petitioner’s state habeas petition was denied by the California Supreme Court on July 28, 2010. On August 9, 2010, Petitioner initiated this action by filing requests for appointment of counsel, stay of execution, and in forma pauperis status. On July 27, 2011, Petitioner, through counsel, filed a federal habeas petition…